Jacob nordinger



(No model.

' J. NORDINGER.

PLUMBER'S FURNACE.

No. 594,645. Patented Nov. 30, 1897'.

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NITED STATES JACOB NORDINGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PLUMBERS FURNACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 594:,645, dated November 30, 1897.

Application filed January 29, 1897. Serial No. 621,173. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, J AOOB NORDINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plumbers Furnaces, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of portable furnaces known as plumbers furnaces, and, as heretofore, the grate and the metal pot, which are supported thereon, receive their support directly from the casing of the furnace, whereby through the assistance of heat the weight imposed upon the casing sooncrushedand damaged the same. It is the object of the present invention to overcome this defect by supporting the grate and the metal pot in such a manner that the weight will not be imparted to the casing.

To this end my invention consists of the features of construction to be hereinafter described, and then particularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved plumbers furnace. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof on line 2 2, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line 3 3, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the sheet-metal casing of the furnace, which is open at the top and is provided with a bottom a, as well as with the usualbail B for carrying the same.- The casing is supported above the ground by means of legs D, which are braced and strengthened at their lower ends by means of a connecting band or ring C, said legs extending through openings formed in the bottom a of the casing adjacent to the circumference, so that the legs can eX- tend along and be bolted or otherwise suitably fastened against the inner surface of the casing.

e 6 represent the bolts, which'pass through the casing and the upper ends of the supporting-legs and which receive from the inside of the casing the nuts 6, so that the casing may be firmly secured to the legs. The legs extend a suitable distance above the bottom a of the casing, so that an ash-chamber may be formed below the removable grate F, which is supported upon inwardly-extending lips or lugs f, formed at the upper ends of said legs. I The usual slide-door g is arranged in the lower part of the casing, so that access to the ash-chamber below the grate can be obtained.

The main advantage incident to my construction is that by supporting the grate upon the upper ends of the supporting-legs of the casing the weight of the grate and of the metal pot thereon is taken away from the easin g and imparted directly to the legs, thereby obviating any strain in the casing whatever.

When the casing is rendered useless by being burned out, a further advantage is that the same can be readily renewed by removing the bolts connecting the same to the supporting-legs and replacing it by a new casing.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim is- I A plumbers furnace, consisting of a casing provided with a door atits lower part, supporting-legs extending through the bottom of the casing along the inner wall of the same,

bolts and nuts for removably securing the casing to the upper ends of the supporting legs, said legs being provided at a'suitable distance above the bottom of the casing with inturned lips or lugs, and a grate supported on the latter, whereby an ash-chamber is formed in the casing, below the grate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB NORDINGER.

Witnesses:

GEO. L. WHEELocK, G. W. J AEKEL. 

